May 9-16, 2005

This past weekend we had the Taurus new moon, heart and soul aligning with the power of the earth at the peak of spring. We are in the last weeks of big, expansive Jupiter being retrograde, backtracking and internalizing, in Libra, awareness of love. With Neptune, the pull of deepest feelings, at the midpoint of Aquarius, also an air sign, emphasizing awareness, this year the power of peak fertility (mid-spring new moon) comes with overwhelming awareness of how we really feel and what we really want. When Jupiter starts to move forward and outward again, on June 5, it will begin a summer of fruitful manifestation.

The week begins with the moon (heart) in Gemini, the resolving mentality at the top of our seasonal cycle, connecting with the other two corners of the air (awareness) triangle, Jupiter in Libra and Neptune in Aquarius. Wednesday this fertility-charged moon goes over the top into the flowing emotional release of Cancer. By the weekend it progresses into Leo, the peak passion break-out that comes with summer.

Mars, planet of action, is in sensitive, vulnerable Pisces, aligning with Uranus, deep, wise mind, on Sunday morning. In a year emphasizing awareness of love, intensely internal right now, the sun is in earthy, fertile Taurus, the moon is launched into the release of summer spirit, and we are motivated by the pull of wisdom in a place of tenderness.